Greys Ditch Burn Fire
The Greys Ditch Burn Fire burned 1,000 acres in Louisiana, in 2003. It was discovered on January 16, 2003, and contained on January 16, 2003. MTBS dates its ignition to October 1, 2003. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,000 acres
- Discovered
- January 16, 2003
- Contained
- January 16, 2003
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 734 acres. Point of origin as reported, 29.870, -93.770.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 734 acres
- Discovered
- January 16, 2003, 3:45 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- October 1, 2003
- Contained
- January 16, 2003, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Louisiana
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Sabine National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- LA2988209377220031001
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2003LASBRD057
The three sizes are three measurements: the size the agency reported when the fire was out, the burned area MTBS drew from satellite imagery before and after, and the GIS area inside the final perimeter, unburned islands included. They rarely agree exactly.
Other large fires in Louisiana in 200312
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 11,423 | Jan 3, 2003 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 7,410 | Dec 5, 2003 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,869 | Feb 4, 2003 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,806 | Nov 19, 2003 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,401 | Feb 4, 2003 | |
| Unit 6 04 1 Fire | 3,871 | Dec 17, 2003 | |
| Os 5 Fire | 3,531 | Aug 19, 2003 | |
| OS5 Fire | 3,492 | Aug 19, 2003 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,110 | Oct 18, 2003 | |
| Unit 2-04-P Fire | 2,886 | Oct 16, 2003 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,851 | Jan 19, 2003 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,542 | Feb 4, 2003 |
Nearby
Sources
Burned areas and ignition dates from Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS), a program of the US Geological Survey and the USDA Forest Service. Fire reports from Short, Karen C. 2022, Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014], 6th Edition, Forest Service Research Data Archive, doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6. Records before 2014 were joined by this site: a fire report to the burned area its MTBS identifier names, a perimeter to the burned area it lies in when the names or the sizes agree.